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Tuesday, 21 February 2017

Russian president, Vladimir Putin has ordered Russian officials to put
together a dossier on U.S President Donald Trump's mental health before
the two world leaders have their first official meeting, according to an
unverified report by NBC news.

According to the
report, senior Kremlin officials are doubting Donald Trump's
psychological stability to handle the U.S presidency and hope to compile
a mental health dossier for Putin to give him the psychological edge
against Trump when the pair meet.

Read the unverified report after the cut..

A dossier on Donald Trump's psychological makeup is being prepared for Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Among
its preliminary conclusions is that the new American leader is a
risk-taker who can be naïve, according to a senior Kremlin adviser.

The file is being compiled by retired diplomats and some of Putin's staff, he added.

The
attempt to get inside the U.S. president's mind is aimed at helping
Putin plan for his first meeting with America's new leader, the date for
which is yet to be decided.

"Very
serious preparatory work is going on in the Kremlin, including a paper —
seven pages — describing a psychological portrait of Trump, especially
based on this last two to three months, and the last weeks," added
Fedorov, who said he has known Trump since 2000.

The
dossier was being revised regularly, he said, adding that many in the
Kremlin believed that Trump viewed the presidency as a business.

Fedorov
added: "Trump is not living in a box — he is living in a crowd. He
should listen to the people around him especially in the areas where he
is weak."

It is normal for any president or
leader to be fully briefed before entering negotiations for the first
time with a rival leader, but preparing a detailed dossier on the mind
and instincts of a U.S. leader is unusual.

Putin's
government is growing increasingly concerned about Trump's battles in
Washington, according to Fedorov and former lawmaker Sergei Markov, who
remains well-connected at the Kremlin.